I like starting these posts a month or so before nationals after the majority of tournaments have been played. Last year it was all silver/judges, some Isaiah mixes, and some Foreign Sword. My experience this year tells me stop speed, search, and banding. Now you have to make a defense to stop those three things while your offense still works. Majority of offenses have negates, interrupts, and battle winners that are interrupts or negates. Seems like some sort of silver mix is top deck, mostly with Isaiah and second place being judges and silver. Silver prophets are bigger CBN bands, CBN battler winners, and quick to set up, and hard to get rid of. Judges are more initiative oriented with CBN battle winners and a lot of CBN protection. Defenses can not seem to set up fast enough to counter these offenses. With that being said, is there anything that you think are top tier that I missed? How to you counter these offenses? What do you think will win this year, and why?
